In a statement released by the president on Wednesday, August 15, Museveni claimed the stones broke the rear glass window of his car which is not armoured.

"It is a big shame to have such confused people who want to use violence to intimidate Ugandans. Nobody has a right to intimidate any Ugandan by word or action," said Museveni

"Fortunately, my convoy did not react with fire in response to this attack. This was because we were not equipped for anti-riots. Our intervention could have resulted into people's death because we only had live bullets," he added.